mātou

See also:matou,mǎtou,andmǎtóu

Maori

Pronoun

mātou

1. First personpluralexclusive

   we(we, but not you)

See also

Maori personal pronouns

			singular	dual	plural
1st person (exclusive)			au,ahau	māua	mātou
1st person (inclusive)				tāua	tātou
2nd person			koe	kōrua	koutou
3rd person			ia	rāua	rātou

Samoan

Pronoun

mātou

1. First personpluralexclusive

   we(we, but not you)

See also

Samoan personal pronouns

			singular	dual	plural
1st person			aʻu,ʻou	māʻua,mā(exclusive) tāʻua,tā(inclusive)	mātou(exclusive) tātou(inclusive)
2nd person			ʻoe,ʻe	ʻoulua	ʻoutou,tou
3rd person			ia,na	lāʻua	lātou

Tokelauan

Etymology

FromProto-Nuclear Polynesian*ma-tou.Cognates includeHawaiianmākouandSamoanmātou.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[maː.ˈto.u]
• Hyphenation:mā‧to‧u

Pronoun

mātou

1. we(exclusive)
   • 1948,Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau[Constitution of Tokelau]‎^[1],page 1:

     Ko kimatou,ia tagata o Tokelau, e takutino

     We,the people of Tokelau, say openly

See also

Tokelauan personal pronouns

Independent
	singular	dual		plural
		long	short
1st person (excl.)	au,kita1	kimāua	kimā	kimātou
1st person (incl.)	―	kitāua	kitā	kitātou
2nd person	koe	koulua		koutou
3rd person	ia	kilāua	kilā	kilātou
Agentive clitic
	singular	dual		plural
1st person (excl.)	kō	kimā		kimātou
1st person (incl.)	―	kitā		kitātou
2nd person	kē	koulua		koutou
3rd person	ia	kilā		kilātou
1)Sympathetic *)Pronouns preceded bykimay drop this preposition when in a possessive phrase.

Tokelauan possessive pronouns

Inalienable (O-type)
	singular	dual		plural
		long	short
1st person (excl.)	ooku,okita1	omāua	omā	omātou
1st person (incl.)	―	otāua	otā	otātou
2nd person	oōu,okoe	okoulua		okoutou
3rd person	oona	olāua	olā	olātou
Alienable (A-type)
	singular	dual		plural
		long	short
1st person (excl.)	aaku,akita1	amāua	amā	amātou
1st person (incl.)	―	atāua	atā	atātou
2nd person	aāu,akoe	akoulua		akoutou
3rd person	aana	alāua	alā	alātou
1)Sympathetic *) Only the singular pronouns differ from the personal pronouns

Tokelauan possessive determiners

	Definite inalienable (O-type)
	singular reference				plural reference
	sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
		long	short			long	short
1st person (excl.)	toku, tota1	tomāua	tomā	tomātou	oku, ota1	omāua	omā	omātou
1st person (incl.)	―	totāua	totā	totātou	―	otāua	otā	otātou
2nd person	tō	toulua		toutou	ō	oulua		outou
3rd person	tona	tolāua	tolā	tolātou	ona	olāua	olā	olātou
	Definite alienable (A-type)
	singular reference				plural reference
	sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
		long	short			long	short
1st person (excl.)	taku, tata1	tamāua	tamā	tamātou	aku, ata1	amāua	amā	amātou
1st person (incl.)	―	tatāua	tatā	tatātou	―	atāua	atā	atātou
2nd person	tau	taulua		tautou	au	aulua		autou
3rd person	tana	talāua	talā	talātou	ana	alāua	alā	alātou
	Indefinite inalienable (O-type)
	singular reference				plural reference
	sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
		long	short			long	short
1st person (excl.)	hoku, hota1	homāua	homā	homātou	nioku, niota1	ni omāua	ni omā	ni omātou
1st person (incl.)	―	hotāua	hotā	hotātou	―	ni otāua	ni otā	ni otātou
2nd person	hō	houlua		houtou	niō	nioulua		nioutou
3rd person	hona	holāua	holā	holātou	niona	ni olāua	ni olā	ni olātou
	Indefinite alienable (A-type)
	singular reference				plural reference
	sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
		long	short			long	short
1st person (excl.)	haku, hata1	hamāua	hamā	hamātou	niaku, niata1	ni amāua	ni amā	ni amātou
1st person (incl.)	―	hatāua	hatā	hatātou	―	ni atāua	ni atā	ni atātou
2nd person	hau	haulua		hautou	niau	niaulua		niautou
3rd person	hana	halāua	halā	halātou	niana	ni alāua	ni alā	ni alātou
1)Sympathetic

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986),Tokelau Dictionary‎^[2],Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page230